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New Rival to American Petroleum

The United States, which is only now be-
coming reconciled to the rivalry OF Russian
petroleum. is menaced by serious competition
in fresh quarter nearer home. In Vene-
zuela the petroleum deposits OF Lake Mara
caybo. which have long been known for their
copiousness, are at length being opened up by
capitalists, and there are rumoTs, reported by
the American consul, Plumacher, that the
Rothschilds are likely to secure monopoly
of the affair." Lake Maracaybo is situated in
the northern partof Venezliela, aud by means
of the gulf of Venezuela has direct communi-
cation with the sea- The surrounding coun-
try. having an area of many hundred miles,
is saturated with petroleum and asphalt,
which flows in streams through the dense
forests, and emits inflammable gas which
often bursts into sheets OF flame similar to
those which have been Il phenomenon in the
Caspian region for thousands of years.S
While the petroleum gas burning at Baku
has secured that country the appeliatien OF
1.-The Region of the Eternal Fire. the petrc-
leun gas perpetually Pickering on the bar
and along the immediate coast of Maracaybo
has earned the phenomenon ever since the
Spaniaris discovered and conquered the
country the title of 1.-The Internal Fire. Ac-
cors.ing to Consul Plumacher, one of the
streams of Oil tested by a traveller was found
to flow at the rate of nearly G G,G00 gallons a
llay. the whole of which was wasted upon the
sandy soil The Venezuelan oil appears
to occupy a midway position between
the crude article extracted in the United
States and Russia, yielding so per cent. OF IL
Illuminating OIL or kerosene. of high quality
ms compared with the 20 per cent. of the
fo,.,,ar and the 80 Of the Inter- - Engineer
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TEA TABLE s. Talk: Al {:

Tam o Shanter hats, cigar cases and match
boxes were the mems favors in recent mill
tary hop at the West Point hotel '''@''f.''-':'i
Golden and china asters are now sold by
children ON the streets, and worn by those on
fashionable parade to great extent. ss;
So many tall candles in the drawing room
af the "bouse beautiful now suggest prepara-
tions for high mass or a Slow wake.n
Some women now wear q fine net over the
back hair, possibly fearing if the hairpins
drop out some tiny curls might be lost.
In many fashionable houses the propriety
of having clean hands, or wearing gloves, is
suggested by the white cnameled furniture.
Too many people are said to sacrifice their
health for the canopied bedstead, which is
somewhat more fashionable than is desirable.
An everlasting electric watch is the latest
thing out, so To speak, and would seem to be
specially well adapted for the use of the hired
girl .s..
In dessert knives the acme of elegant ones
arc those with solid silver blades and pearl
handles with the owners initials inlaid in
gold.
Would be swells and Anglomaniacs, who
for time discarded watch chains on the
waistcoat, arc beginning to display them once
more. - s... t-.. t.,.--.s. ~ - I- @.-l.5
The sealskin craze for 16s7-eS has com
menced, and greater than ever win be the
fashion OF London dyed" garments of all
kinds.
A few possibly anxious to be conspicuous
women, who have recently returned from
Europe, carry the cane introduced lately at
Homburg. @ s.-.st .t-a-..5a.. ,....s ) i..-s
D." Wedding invitations Illuminated on vellum
have appeared but it is q fashion too expen-
sive to prevail outside the social field of the
Golden Gate. ...; Il ....-a
Many of the girls of the period back in
town, walk with an affected limp, which
their mammas explain is due to excessive
tennis playing. .-..-. ~
Among the comical sights on the streets OF
New York is the big, overdressed woman
leading the tiniest kind of q dog by blue
or red silk string. -. ,..l5 al.. u -,.-.gzs
London letters say that the price of gen,- 81,
inc India shawls is steadily advancing. This
may induce the queen to sell out the stock
she has on hand.
Alpenstocks, suggesting the past summer
season, are now madc into tripods for the
AOSoAooioiA VI ll1o Hall, WHICH, Is becUtGlilS u
sort of museum
Some furniture dealers say the square
able Is eeEaiag back again te tie family Ii
ing room, but no one should split up the old
one for firewood
Moire antique is to be dress material in
highest fashionable favor, and, although it
comes high, everybody, including '"sales
ladies' will have it. .-.5sa : s.ls1 ..i.
The wife of the secretary of the navy is q
already credited with having introduced
new St. Petersburg cloak-the first of the
kind in this country.
New styles and patterns in furniture are
very beautiful and exhibit some very quaint
conceits likely to please women who boast
chat they are artistic. a. q sa..
Hall clocks with a musical attachment,
tune being guaranteed every hour, are seen,
and the information that they are made in
Holland goes with them.
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0"Ai io"s hAH6oh. permile, which is
less than that Of the Ohio, and the first sug-
gestion, naturally, was that the river itself
should be utilized by canalization, as the
French call their recent works reducing
the Seine to a series of basins separated
by locks. But the survey shows that
nearly all the descent of the San Juan
is in four rapids-the Castillo, Del Toro,
Bolus and Machuca. The obvious con-
clusion was that only the lower part of
the river should be canalized and that
above the first rapids there should
be a canal proper. Capt Child, an
American engineer, In 1851, took
careful levels of the entire line and
recommended that the first ninety miles
of the river be ''canalized,' y as it can be
made navigable Tor the largest ships at o
moderate cost, and that the remaining
distance to the lake be traversed by a ship
canal. His report was warmly indorsed
by Col. Albert, the illustrious officer of the
United States engineer corps, and it was
so eminently correct in general that it has
been the basis of all subsequent surveys
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grandmother several times over, takes a
more lively interest in social and political
affairs than nine-tenths of the young men
of the land. In her long career she has
been prominent figure in spiritualistic,
free love, Fourieristic, female suffrage,
vegetarian and socialistic circles, and only
OF late has become an ardent believer in
the gospel of anarchy. It cannot be said
that her work is very effective.
Miss Anna johnson, Miss Gertrude
Kelly and Mrs. DIR. Lilienthal are also
leaders in their respective sets.
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A CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE.

The Evangelical Alliance Shortly to
Meet in Washington, ID. C.
A call has been made for conference
Of all evangelical denominations to meet
ON the 7th of December, at Washington,
D. c., for the discussion of questions
which are at present engaging the atten-
ton of many thoughtful men. The con-
ference has been called by the Evangelical
Alliance for the United States of America
through its president, Mr.. William E.
Dodge, and will be under the sunerYisinn
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Float rIsling ! HolIov Mocker,

Float fishing. the old fashioned country sort
OF angling, is now being reduced to hollow
mockery by the aid Of electricity SAN ar
rangement has been devised says The
Electrician, sby which pull on the line
the base of the rod, mid this is made either to
sound an alarm or to gently tickle the hand
OF the fisherman as be grasps the butt Moth
ing now hinders the sportsman from going to
sleep Float fishing is evidently the thing
for people who like TO carry along big can
of ssbait. y New York Tribune. .ss
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Roumania,s Local Industries

Roumania is making an effort TO build
up its local industries. a law has been
passed enaeting that eyesy person who
employs twenty five workmen for five
months in the year can set up his build
ings on crown property, ground being az
lotred to him on aslease for ninety years.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
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of the Rev. Josiah
Strong, general
secretary of the
alliance. e
Among the SUBJ
jects to be de-
bated are the fol
lowing: sa;sz....L
Ut he City, !"
''Inl m igration, {"
"T he Saloon, "
ssUltramontan-
ism,.'' 1.-THE Mis-
use Of Wealth, !"
s'Estrang emen
froy,, fha Cynf1~ab 81
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Worms II, the Y,laa.I.

In China. u curious affection is FREE
quently met in which myriads Of minute
worms arc found in the blood. These,
the Filaria sanguinis hominis, disappear
almost entirely during the day, but ct 6
or Z o'clock in the evening they reappear
in countless numbers-as many as 100.
being found i'll one drop of blood What
becomes OF them in the daytime is un-
known. In the Same way the lnalarial
organisms disappear during the sswell
periotl,s' or intermission, and whether
they die and are cast ont Of the body, or
are hidden in the liver, spleen or other
internal organs, is us yet an unsolyed
question. The chances ase in faver of
the former Sc Globe Democrat
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: place, near Broad
way, under the
direction, of Mrs.
Cynthia Leonard.
This lady is better
known to the pub
lie as the mother
of Lillian Russell,
the distinguished
light opera star,
but is a host in
herself. Medium
sized, masculine
looking, quick ac-
tive and thought
full, she, though
-
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The Defeat of Hanlan.

1t was foregone conclusion in the
minds of most sporting people that Han
Ian went to his death, as an oarsman,
when he undertook for the third time to
row against Beach, the Australian won
der. Their race came off on the Napean,
Australia. Hanlan had not only the dis
advantages of location against him, but
he has not for some time been the man he
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less than 800, 600
cubic ( 9 9 t a
minute, or four
times what is
needed for a
canal in each di-
rection to the sea.
The descent of
the San Juan
river averages
but ten inches
Dprmila which ia
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and calculations,
the only discus
sion being as to
S hort sections
and minor de-
tails. And now
that the Nicara-
guam government
has made all the
desired conces-
sions, and the
United S tate 8
government is so
far committed as
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KING ON MARINE BICYCLE.

HING UN MARINE BICYCLE. . y :
Professor Alphonse. Kings invention is
designed to run on water only, and it is
here pictured. He has made number of
trips on it, and first gained notoriety by
walking across the Niagara river last
year on fish shaped shoes of his inven-
ton. His latest exhibition of his present
machine was at Boston. o'
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Or whether he has subscribed or not-is Responsible
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Office or not.
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theDewspapers or periodicals from the FostofAee or
removing and leaving them uncalIed for is prigg0
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championship Of the world, have brought
handball into especial notice The sport
originated in Ireland, and is by some there
considered the national game much as
baseball is in America
Handball is played in court, usually
with three walls, and the action is much
like that of SO called "barnball," in which
the boy bats the ball against house or
barn, the success of his game depending
upon the length of time he can keep the
ball going without missing q stroke and
allowing it to settle on the ground. But
in handball as game there are careful
lines made and rules enforced, SO that two,
four, six or eight players can take part.
When there are but two however, the
contest is rather exhausting, and except
the court be quite large eight crowd it too
much, SO three against three is best for
amateurs. The handball court is q feature
of the gymnasium in several boarding
schools of America, especially those under
Catholic management. Alderman Casey's
court is type of the best, and consistA of
room, OF entry, forty feet high and
covered by a skylight, which is protected
by q wire screen. The side walls and the
back wall are of brick, painted white, to
serve Us q good background for the dark
ball, and the room is sixty feet long. OF
course there is no place for spectators ex-
The floor is of smooth, hard asphalt. A
line is drawn straight down the center, on
each side of which stand the contending
forces. Across the room, about twenty
five feet from the back wall, is
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used to be. High
living and lack of
ira inin 6 have
done for him as
an oarsman, and
the championship
of the world at
single sculls re-
mains in t h g
southern hemis-
phere.
William Beach,
t h g "Illawarra
Man, as he is
called in A u s.
tralia, first met
Hanlan on tn e
Paramatta river,
in New South
Wales, on Aug.
16, 1884, and
achieved the then
unique dis I'll nc
tion of beating
the Canadian by
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nragiclans In south America.

"The greatest place for jugglers and ma
gicians is South America, replied the ma
gician. "A prestidigitator went to Rio Ja-
neiro last year, and in four weeks engage
mert made S35, 900. The veneration with
which they are held in some parts of Brazil
and other South American countries is anus
ing. The ignorant classes follow them in
crowds when they appear on the streets, the
half breed negroes especially. They fancy
every iii that happens to them during the
time the magicians are there is due to them,
and it is necessary for them to have police
protection. / find it more profitable to manu-
factnre than to travel and give exhibitions !"
New York Evening Sun. 80 tts ~
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broth h er; t h ey
were among the
ost liberal of
British Liberals,
they made many
friends in Amer
lea, and scarcely
had those friends
read of their ar
rival in France
when the news
was followed by
the sad announce
ment that Lady
Dalh on sic had
di d of W hat
seemed a slight
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thusiast in his ad-
vocacy Of destruc-
tive socialism
& ii 4 dfz ff1dkCs 1f0
conc alnlent of
his views. lie is
surrounded by q
large circle of ad-
1llirers and sym
pathiZers, w h o
are, if possible,
more defiant and
vociferous t h q II
the patrons of
WilZig.
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Not So Easily Killed.
Tho Fractional Currency

According to the report Of Treasurer
Hyatt there is still outstanding S15, 323,-
sU2 OF the obsolete fractional currency,
nearly all Of which is supposed to have
heen destroyed. lost or placed IN collec-
lions. s.-New York World.
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WHOLE NO. 962..-
LORD AND LADY DALAousIE.
She Died First, but He Soon Followed

s.s. 81 I,.+ +-,s4. ner' 81" 81 .s7's~4-. .!
Americans do not, as rule, much con-
Germ themselves about the fortunes and
misfortunes of British noblemen as such,
but the recent death of Lord and Lady
Dalhousie at Havre, France, is surrounded
with many circumstances Of touching in
terest on this side of the ocean. 1t seems
but yesterday that they were in New
York city, but few days before that
they were in Minnesota visiting his
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STRANGE WATER CRAFT.
A Marine Bicycle and nn Amphibious

Genius sometimes treads strange paths,
and the paths of none are stranger than
those adopted by that particular class of
geniuses who invent mechanical con-
trivances. Not long ago the newspaper
readers of the country Were given the
story of the Michigan man who made q
tricycle. to run equally well on land and
water, and now it turns out that very
similar idea was patented some time ago
by Robert M. Fryer, of Arrow steamship
fame,
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The uYankeriess in London, which were at
first regarded as failure, are now quite as
throngcd as the colonies were In their
prime.
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The famous case of Myra Clark Gaines
comes up again in the United States supreme
court at its next sitting. sr'
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THE GAME or HANoBAl /.


6 A. Irish Diversion That is Now Popular
I 5 in New York.
e The Irish game of handball is the latest
1fad'' in New York There are already
several courts, or alleys, as Americans
would call them, in the city; the most
noted are the Murray Hill court and AL
derman Casey's new court in Brooklyn.
The games between John Lawlor the
champion of Ireland, and Alderman
Casey, the American champion, for the
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pIrTrfNG rHE mann

goes above the head; the downward
reach" when it is almost on the ground,
and u stroke to make it strike the top of
the wall and thus rebound far above the
head.of the opposite player. Sometimes
the player has to spring high in air to
catch ball going over his head; and when
more than one is on o side they have tho
privilege of "out play and s'in play, y
one or two in the line and one or two, Us
the ease may be, u little farther back.
The player also has the privilege of send
ing the ball against the side wall SO that
il Will scarromn on the main wall and
tfas double the uncertainty as to its final
course. 1t is plain that the game se-
quires wide awake performers.
Not So Easily Killed.
Joha Buckley, of Meriden, Conn, caught
swapping turtle and took it to the central
telephone office, where he proposed killing it
with electricity. He let the turtle snapa at
one end Of wire, put another wire beneath
its shell, and turned on the full current. He
AYERS that he .sheard the current go through
Il, making noise like small planning ma
chine, and he left the turtle for dead. The
next morning he found the turtle walking
around and swapping at wires, as though it
wanted another taste of the current New
York Sun @ 49,
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LABOR LITERATURE.

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Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-15
DEDICATION.
New Labor Hall H0usc.W Warming
 Entertainment.

The New Labor Hall recently eased by the Town Committee Of he Labor Party will be opened Mon lay evening, the 3lst inst, with an entertainment consisting of music, lancing, and dcdicatory address by the best speaker to be had' Hen " c. Baldwin of Naugatuck IS wanted, as he is a great favorlte with he New Haven Labor voters. The nall will be decorated for the occa- ion, and if the guests don nave an enjoyable time, it won't be he fault of the Town Committee, he members of which form the committee of arrangements,
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-15
PROFIT SHARING.

On New Years day the Boston
 Herald announced that all it's en- ployes were hereafter to share in it's profits according to their rate of wages, and after the interest on the capital employed was deducted.
 This seems very generous, and may
 be only in the seeming, if the pro prietors so desire. However there is nothing to lose in the acceptance of the offer, and the employees have it all oncsidcd. We wonder if they would do the same if called upon to run the risk of failure in an under taking not so well established as the Herald. We once endeayored to give our whole right and title" over in to the hands of certain union print CTS. who found some fault with the management. But no, they weren in for any uncertalnty-thcy wanted sure thing" and no responsibility.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-15
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